CLI
Scaffold the free VuiAdmin admin dashboard template with one command, in React, Next.js, Vue, Angular, HTML or Laravel.
@viliha/free-admin-dashboard fetches one edition of the template and turns it into a project of
your own. One command, no account, no licence key.
npx @viliha/free-admin-dashboard my-app --reactjs
cd my-app
pnpm devRun it with no arguments and it asks for a folder name and an edition, with React preselected.
Editions
React is the default, so npx @viliha/free-admin-dashboard on its own gives you the React app.
| Flag | Also accepts | Edition |
|---|---|---|
--reactjs | --react | React 19, Vite 8, TypeScript |
--nextjs | --next | Next.js 16 App Router, React 19 |
--vuejs | --vue | Vue 3.5 script setup, Vite 8 |
--angularjs | --angular | Angular 20 standalone, Vite 8 |
--html | HTML5, one stylesheet, no build step | |
--laravel | Laravel 12, PHP 8.2+, Blade |
Package managers
pnpm is the default. Pass a flag to change it.
npx @viliha/free-admin-dashboard my-app --vuejs --pnpm
npx @viliha/free-admin-dashboard my-app --vuejs --npm
npx @viliha/free-admin-dashboard my-app --vuejs --yarn
npx @viliha/free-admin-dashboard my-app --vuejs --bunThe create form works too, and there the CLI follows whichever tool you launched it with, so
npm create installs with npm without you passing anything.
npm create @viliha/free-admin-dashboard my-app -- --nextjs
yarn create @viliha/free-admin-dashboard my-app --nextjs
pnpm create @viliha/free-admin-dashboard my-app --nextjs
bunx @viliha/free-admin-dashboard my-app --nextjsThe npm lockfile that ships with each edition is kept when you install with npm and removed otherwise, because pnpm, yarn and bun never read it and a stale lockfile in a repository looks authoritative to whoever opens it next.
Options
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
-y, --yes | Take every default and ask nothing |
--force | Scaffold into a directory that already has files in it |
--no-install | Fetch the project, skip installing dependencies |
--dry-run | Print what would happen and touch nothing |
-h, --help | The usage text |
-v, --version | The version |
In a pipe or in CI, where nobody can answer a prompt, the CLI takes the defaults rather than hanging. That makes it safe to run unattended.
What you get
The project is yours, not a copy of our repository. The scaffolder removes the parts that are ours:
.github/, which holds a workflow that deploys to our GitHub Pages and aFUNDING.ymlthat puts a sponsor button for our org on your repositoryCNAME, which claims one of our subdomainspackage-lock.json, unless you are installing with npm
It renames package.json after your folder, resets the version, keeps the package private so
nobody publishes their dashboard by accident, and writes a README about your project. For the
Laravel edition it also creates your .env, which no git tree can carry.
Pinned versions
Each edition is pinned to an exact commit rather than to a branch. Two people running the same version of the CLI get the same project, and a change pushed to a template repository cannot break scaffolding for anyone. New template work reaches you when the CLI publishes a new version.
Requirements
Node.js 20 or later, and tar, which macOS, Linux and Windows 10 and later all ship. The CLI
itself has no dependencies, so npx downloads about 30 kB before it runs.
It downloads the edition you asked for from GitHub at run time, which is what keeps the package that small rather than bundling all six.
Source
The CLI is MIT licensed, like everything it installs: myviliha/free-admin-dashboard-cli.